Liquid container and dispenser



L. C. MORSE LIQUID CONTAINER AND DISPENSER Filed Jan. 4. 1924 Patented Aug. 19, 1924.

UNITED STA E LEWIS o. MORSE, 0F eLoUoEs'rEa, M'AssAoHusErTs, Assion'oE 'ToRussiA CEMENT.

COMPANY, OE GLOuoEsTEE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHU- SETTS.

LIQUID CONTAINER; AND DISPENSER.

Application filed January 4, 1924. Serial No. 684,440.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEwIs C. MORSE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gloucester, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Liquid Containers and Dispensers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention is embodied in a container for liquid, such as stamp pad ink, adapted to prevent a gravity flow of ink to a stamp pad when the container is inverted, and to permit a limited extrusion of ink when percussion, caused by tapping the Outlet portion of the inverted container against the pad, is exerted on the container.

The chief object is to enable an ink container to be manipulated to properly inka stamp pad, without liability of wasting ink and soiling the hands of the users.

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,-

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a dispensing container embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Figure 1. (Figures 1 and 2 show the preferred size of the orifices hereinafter referred to.) Figure 3 is a view on a larger scale similar to a portion of Figure 2, showing the con-j the cap seat.

tainer inverted.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the figures.

In the drawings, 12' designates a receptacle which may be a glass bottle, having a mouth 13. 14 designates a retaining head, secured to the mouth by the means hereinafter described, and provided with a plurality of small orifices 15, collectively constituting the sole outlet for ink 16 with which the receptacle is charged.

The orifices are proportioned to receive fillings 17 of ink when the receptacle is inverted, and to retain said fillings by. capillary action, so that they are preventedfrom dropping by gravity from the head, and are caused to prevent the entrance of air into the receptacle, so that the charge is supported in the inverted receptacle by atmospheric pressure. The orifices 15 are preferably circular, and a suitable diameter of each is about one twenty-fourth of an inch.

The orifices'permit a limited extrusion of the fillings 17 when the receptacle is inverted and the head is tapped percussively against a stamp pad, this action causing a slight downward movement of the charge. The outer surface of the head 14 is exposed, so that it may be used as a spreader for the extruded ink, and as a seat for a screw cap 20, applied to the mouth 13, and adapted to close the orifices 15 when the device is not in use. f

The means for securing the head to the mouth 13, includes a flange 18, formed on and projectinginward from the margin of the head, and. a compressible packing member 19, preferably of cork, surrounding the flange and conforming to the internal surface of the mouth. The head and flange are preferably of sheet metal and formed in one piece.

The outerend of the packing member 19 is preferably flush with the outer side of the head 14, and constitutes an enlargement of the spreader'and of the cap seat. Preferably,,the outer end of the mouth 13 is flush with the outer end of the packing member and the Outer surface of the head, so that themouth end constitutes an additional enlargement of the spreader and of It is obvious that the described device may be used fordispensing and spreading other liquids.

I claim:

1. A liquid container and dispenser comprising a receptacle, a retaining head of sheet material, provided with a plurality of relatively small orifices, and with an inwardly projecting flange, and a compresstantially flush with each other and collectively constituting a face adapted to spread liquid extruded through said perforations,

and a seatfor a closing cap engagedwith the receptacle.

I 2. A liquid container and dispenser comprisinga receptacle, a retaining head of 1 sheet material, provided with a plurality of relatively small orifices, and With an inwardly projecting flange, and a compressible packing surrounding said flange and conforming to the internal surface of the receptacle'mou'th, to receive the head'and its flange, the outer ends of said mouth and packing, and the outer surface of said head being substantially flnsh With each other and collectively constituting a liquid-spreading face and a seat for a closing cap engaged With the receptacle.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

LEW'IS C. MORSE. 

